Avidbots

Scores by criterion

Each criterion is defined on our methodology page.

Who uses Avidbots and what it's for

Avidbots robots clean floors in warehousing, manufacturing, education, healthcare, airports, retail, and transit hubs.³ Customer stories include Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, Saint-Gobain's boron nitride plant in Amherst, New York, warehouse operator Christie Lites, and shopping center cleaner Millennium, which runs 25 Neos in Australia.⁶

Buyers usually weigh Avidbots against ride-on scrubbers with autonomy kits from other vendors, and against simply hiring more custodial staff. Avidbots builds the robot, the autonomy software, and the service network itself.¹

Three robots for big and tight spaces

Neo and Neo 2W are large autonomous floor scrubbers for open areas. Kas is a newer, smaller scrubber that Avidbots pitches for tight spaces.² All three run on Avidbots Autonomy, its own navigation software: the facility is mapped, a cleaning plan is generated, and the robot cleans on its own while handling changes in the environment.²

Avidbots holds ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 certifications from BSI Group, which cover quality management and information security.¹

Cleaning reports through a web app

Each robot reports what it cleaned and when. Managers monitor, manage, and measure the fleet through a web app, which Avidbots has called the Command Center.^2,3 For contract cleaners and facility managers, that record is evidence that a job was done.

Quote-only pricing

Avidbots does not publish robot prices or subscription rates. Buyers request a quote or go through a channel partner.²

Competition

Avidbots builds its own cleaning robots. Its main rivals are Brain Corp, whose software runs scrubbers built by other manufacturers, Tennant, the largest such manufacturer, and Gausium, which sells a range of cleaning robots through dealers. Avidbots and Brain Corp settled a patent dispute in October 2026.⁴

Source: Robotics Reviewed analysis of company product pages, filings, and announcements, October 2026.

Limits

No public pricing.²

Leadership changed in 2025 when JJ Ethridge became chief executive; co-founder Faizan Sheikh held the role at the time of the 2022 Series C. Avidbots was also in patent litigation with Brain Corp until both sides settled in October 2026 without admission of liability.^5,3,4

Funding figures are dated. Avidbots disclosed more than $107 million raised as of its 2022 Series C and has not published newer totals or revenue.³

What customers say

Where it helps

The customer stories Avidbots publishes describe airports managing growth, schools automating floor care, and a shopping center contractor running a fleet of 25 Neos.⁶ We did not find independent reviews from buyers to quote.

Where it falls short

We found no independent customer complaints to quote. The documented drawbacks are quote-only pricing and the leadership and litigation history above.^2,4

Where customer reviews couldn't be found, our analysts attempted to give a voice to buyer sentiment, drawing on real information from review sites, forums and product documentation. Based on: Avidbots customer stories, product pages, and company announcements.

Leadership

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  JJ Ethridge

  Chief executive officer

  Ethridge joined as chief executive in February 2025 after leadership roles at 6 River Systems, Shopify, XPO and GXO Logistics, and Sears.⁵

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• Pablo Molina

  Chairman, chief technology officer, vice president of product, and co-founder

  Molina co-founded Avidbots and chairs its board.¹

• Faizan Sheikh

  Head of customer success and co-founder

  Sheikh co-founded Avidbots and leads customer success.¹

Sources